Will keep pumping till november? LOLz...Thanks Obama...You're welcome Hilary http://www.marketwatch.com/story/he...ts-2016-07-12?siteid=bigcharts&dist=bigcharts Here’s who’s driving stocks to record heights Published: July 12, 2016 4:52 p.m. ET 3 Citigroup analyst shows central banks are helping drive the rally as U.S. shares climb to record highs Getty Images Stocks have continued to rise as investors have moved money out of equity funds. So who’s driving the rally? By JOSEPHADINOLFI MARKETS REPORTER Investors have been bailing out of equity funds at a rapid clip. So how come stocks keep rising? One Citigroup analyst may have the answer: It appears that, as regular investors flee, central banks have stepped into the breach. Check out: Why investors shouldn’t fear buying into the S&P 500’s breakout Asset purchases by central banks have risen to their highest levels since 2013, suggesting that the rallies in equity and credit markets—which some say already appear stretched—could continue picking up steam, according to Matt King, a credit analyst at Citigroup. He illustrates his points in the charts below: Central-bank buying is closely correlated with equity gains:
Is anything real anymore? Investors have pulled the equivalent of $133 billion from global equity funds so far this year, according to a weekly fund flows report from Bank of America Merrill Lynch released Friday. Of that nearly $80 billion has been pulled from U.S. equity funds. But that hasn’t slowed the rally in U.S. stocks. Both the S&P 500 index SPX, +0.70%Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.66% logged record closing highs Tuesday.
I'm guessing that at some point theyre going to run out of tricks and the free market forces will take over. Dont think it'll be a soft landing. Silver is over $20 again. Gold $1350.
Never. Countries were gonna try to use the Euro, but w/ the EU's collapse beginning, that farce is out the window.
It was par with the $canadian three years ago. that may never happen again but it has to drop at some point.